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προσμεῖναι (cf. 5:5, not in the earlier Epistles, but cf. Acts 13:43), slightly stronger than μένειν, “stay on.” τισί] They have not reached the point of shipwreck of faith, and have not had to be dealt with judicially like Hymenæus and Alexander (20); so he tactfully mentions no names; cf. 6, 19; 5:15, 24; 6:10, 21, and compare 2 Co 3:1; 10:2. ἑτεροδιδασκαλεῖν, cf. 6:3, Ign. ad Polyc. 3 (cf. κακοδιδασκαλεῖν, Clem. R. ii. 10; ἑτεροδιδάσκαλος, Eus. H.E. iii. 32). The word was possibly coined
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